switching from table sugar to dextrose for priming

[stevehardt]

Another nOOB question...

If I am priming in liter PET bottles, and the kit calls for 2.5 tsps of table sugar per bottle, what would be the correct amount of dextrose (corn sugar)? I am measuring by volume and not weight, as I don't have a scale yet.

What are the advantages of priming with corn sugar over table sugar?


Thanks for your help. This is an awesome forum, and I've learned a ton

 

[DoubleAught]

Best priming calculator I have found yet, and it's normally measured by weight.

http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

 

[Calder]

If I am priming in liter PET bottles, and the kit calls for 2.5 tsps of table sugar per bottle, what would be the correct amount of dextrose (corn sugar)? I am measuring by volume and not weight, as I don't have a scale yet.

What are the advantages of priming with corn sugar over table sugar?

I can't answer your first question. I would recommend you prime the whole batch and then bottle. Lot more consistent, and easier to measure the amount.

Use a calculator by weight - best method. But ..... per Papazian, his 'general' recommendation for priming 5 gallons is 3/4 cup of corn sugar OR 2/3 cup of table sugar.

There is no advantage of priming with corn sugar (over table sugar). It costs more to prime with corn sugar, and gives your LHBS some profits. Ignore anyone who says table sugar gives a 'cider' taste. That's just due to poor brewing; many commercial breweries use plain cane or beet sugar in their beers.

 

[zyx345]

I've switched over to Cane/Table Sugar over Corn Sugar and use this calculator as well:

The Beer Recipator - Carbonation

Just keep in mind that the gallons you are putting in are the amount that you would end up in your bottling bucket, not the starting volume in your pimary.

 

[Doomsday]

If you really want to prime each bottle use the coopers drops, super easy.

Otherwise get a bottling bucket and prime it all at once.